design Experts

S. Megan Berthold, Ph.D., LCSW

Associate Professor and Director of Field EducationUniversity of Connecticut School of Social Work

Prof. Berthold's clinical and research expertise is with refugee and asylum seeking survivors of torture and the Cambodian genocide.

Ofer Sharone

Associate Professor of SociologyUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Ofer Sharone is a nationally recognized expert on unemployment, work and career transitions.

Lawrence Kalbers, Ph.D., CPA

Emeritus Professor of Accounting, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University

Marc Ensign

CEOSound-n-Vision

Entrepreneur, Speaker, Author, Musician and All Around Do-Gooder

John Emberger, RRT-ACCS, FAARC, CPHQ

Director of Respiratory CareChristianaCare

John Emberger is the respiratory therapist and the critical care coordinator for ChristianaCare’s Respiratory Department.

Nedra Cossa

Assistant ProfessorGeorgia Southern University

Nedra Cossa researches children’s writing practices, teacher preparation, and professional development schools

Dr. Ilse Treurnicht

CEOMaRS

This extraordinary CEO and Rhodes Scholar leads an organization dedicated to developing the next generation of Canadian growth companies

Christopher Philips

Professor and Department Head, HistoryCarnegie Mellon University

Christopher Phillips' research focuses on how statistics, mathematics, and AI have transformed the way people understand the world.

Irving Rappaport

Corporate Advisory BoardInventionShare

Entrepreneur, patent attorney, licensing executive and inventor. Irving headed Intellectual Property (IP) for 5 Fortune 500 companies.

John Chandy, Ph.D.

Professor, School of EngineeringUniversity of Connecticut

Professor focused on cybersecurity, computer hacking, Internet of Things, systems engineering, and computer hardware security.